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Currently the promotion of the implementation in member states of the most recent recommendations on Protecting youth civil society and young people (2022), [19] young refugees (2019), [20] on youth work (2017), [21] on access to rights (2016) [22] and on access to social rights (2015) [23] is on a high agenda.
The European Youth Forum (YFJ, from Youth Forum Jeunesse) is the platform of the National Youth Council and International Non-Governmental Youth Organisations in Europe. It strives for youth rights in International Institutions such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
The Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life is an international policy document to promote youth participation at the local level. Since its adoption by the Congress of the Council of Europe in 2003 it has achieved wide recognition as a key reference policy document for the political ...
Social activism is the predominant form of youth activism today, as millions of young people around the world participate in social activism that is organized, informed, led, and assessed by adults. Many efforts, including education reform , children's rights , and government reform call on youth to participate this way, often called youth voice .
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) is the body responsible for monitoring compliance in the States party to the Charter. The ECSR is composed of 15 independent members who are elected by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers for a period of six years, renewable once.
Sweden has long prided itself on one of the world's most generous social safety nets, with a state that looks after vulnerable people at all stages of life. How Sweden's youth homes nurtured ...
The European social model also enjoyed a low degree of external competition as the Soviet bloc, China and India were still isolated from the rest of the global economy. [9] In recent years, some have questioned whether the European social model is sustainable in the face of low birthrates, globalisation, Europeanisation and an ageing population ...
Teen curfews are based on the debunked ‘super-predator’ theory “Though juvenile curfew laws have existed for more than 100 years, their use soared in the mid-1990s at the urging of the ...